Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5‚ 1947) is a Filipino politician who served as the14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010‚ as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001‚ and is currently a member of the House of Representativesrepresenting the 2nd District of Pampanga. She was the country’s second female president (after Corazón Aquino)‚ and the daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal. Arroyo was a former professor of economics
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The Greek word for “crown” in this passage is στέφανος. To know its historical meaning will help us to know its meaning in Revelation. From the ancient Greek and Roman cultures‚ exist crowns made of twigs (usually two twigs tied together)‚ and of garlands. Among its meaning‚ were: Life and fertility‚ a blessing of a deity‚ a sign of honor‚ and expression of sorrow‚ or simply were used to honor a deity. Greek gods were painted with crowns of garlands meaning their deity. Among them were‚ Zeus‚ Neptuno
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the meaning of words in natural languages such as English. Several problems have surfaced from an examination of the various existing methods used to describe the meaning of these words‚ in particular dictionary definition‚ binary descriptors and referents. Context is also an important consideration when defining meaning. The dictionary definition of a word has been a problem because of its vagueness (Winkler‚ 2012). According to Winker (2012)‚ because dictionary uses words to define words generally
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” Have you ever wondered what the word BABE really means or what it stands for? To most people the word BABE is an abbreviation to the word bay‚ or just baby talk to their significant other or lover. What others may not know is that the word BABE has many different meanings and definitions. As the years have evolved the word BABE has had a history of different pronunciations and meanings. It all started in the year 1150; the word “baban” was being used‚ meaning “old woman” or “grandmother”. Later
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The term ‘So Mote it Be’ is an old phrase which is widely used within the Wiccan and Pagan communities and translates too‚ ‘So Must it Be’ or ‘As I will it‚ so it shall be.’ It is most often seen at the closing of a magical working as a way of asking the Deity/God/Goddess to bless the spell/ritual‚ with the belief that ‘If they will it to happen‚ so it shall be.’ ‘So Mote it Be’ is a phrase which was used by the Freemasons in Europe‚ with the earliest known document relating to the Masons in the
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WORD MEANING AND SENSE RELATIONS What constitutes a sentence in any given Language is the combination of words in a systematic manner. Of course‚ this must be meaningful at least within a “social mass which at any given moment establishes its value (De Saussure in Akwanya 2002:49) Note that this position tends towards syntax which gives/assigns meaning to a group of words in acceptable pattern of combination in a Language. Sense relation as noted by Agbedo (2000:152) show. “The sense of a word reveals
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is a rather common word in today’s society. The basic noun definition is an intense feeling of deep affection‚ while the verb definition is to feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to (someone). Seems simple enough correct? Not exactly‚ although in the modern world language‚ love is used regularly to express ones feelings‚ it is often misused. In order to use a word correctly‚ it must be understood‚ remembering that love is in the eye of the beholder. To understand a word‚ it should first be
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Meanings of a Word Essay Although many African Americans support the use of the word "nigger" in certain circumstances‚ the mass majority of African Americans who lived in the times where whites used the word in order to degrade African Americans would passionately believe that the word "nigger" should be eliminated from all forms of language. Gloria Naylor clearly states her stance on the issue in "The Meanings of a Word" when she writes‚ "The people in my grandmother’s living room took a word
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intensity; restrained; understated” (“low key” Def 1). Due to this current generation‚ this word now has a different meaning. To me‚ this word is defined as someone trying to keep information unknown to people‚ or to just keep something as a secret and not tell anyone. Even though this term is used fairly often in today’s generation‚ there are still individuals out in the world who would question where this word originated from. According to Molly Mulshine‚ a former senior editor for Tech Insider‚ most
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postmortem‚ incriminate‚ access‚ plausible‚ interrupt‚ bugle‚ formidable‚ canary‚ subterfuge‚ abdicate‚ precipitate‚ erudite‚ intractable‚ exuberant‚ ingenious‚ cognition‚ primal‚ filament‚ unity‚ ventilate postmortem (pəʊstˈmɔːtəm) | | — adj | 1. | ( prenominal ) occurring after death | | — n | 2. | analysis or study of a recently completed event: a postmortem on a game of chess | 3. | See postmortem examination | incriminate (ɪnˈkrɪmɪˌneɪt) | | — vb | 1
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